Project description:The project aim was to identify the proteins expressed by the prothoracic gland cells during the final larval stage of the model insect, Bombyx mori.
Project description:The project aim was to identify the cell membrane receptors that prothoracic gland cells use to decode and transduce information from the extracellular environment during the final larval stage of the model insect, Bombyx mori.
2016-01-27 | PXD002771 | Pride
Project description:The H3K27me3 Chip-seq of Bombyx mori prothoracic gland
Project description:This is part of a cross-species approach to characterize transcriptional response of the insect prothoracic gland (PG) to the prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH). Genome-wide response of the PG to PTTH was analyzed in vitro in Bombyx and in vivo in Drosophila, and the results were compared to identify common components in the PTTH signaling pathway.
Project description:This is part of a cross-species approach to characterize transcriptional response of the insect prothoracic gland (PG) to the prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH). Genome-wide response of the PG to PTTH was analyzed in vitro in Bombyx and in vivo in Drosophila, and the results were compared to identify common components in the PTTH signaling pathway. Bombyx PGs were incubated in vitro for 1 or 3 hours with or without 10 nM recombinant PTTH. 12-18 larvae were used to prepare each RNA sample, and the experiment was conducted twice. Total RNA samples from two independent preparations were combined to obtain a single RNA sample for each treatment, which was subjected to RNA-seq.
Project description:To identify functions that distinguish the posterior and median cells producing fibroin and sericin in the silk gland of Bombyx mori, serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) profiles from both silk gland regions were analyzed and compared. The construction of a B. mori reference tag collection extracted from a set of 38000 Bombyx EST sequenced from the 3’ side, helped annotating the SAGE libraries. Most of the tags appeared at similar relative concentration in the two libraries except for those corresponding to silk proteins that were found region-specific and highly abundant. Strikingly, besides tags from silk protein mRNAs, 19 tags were found in the class of high abundance in the median cell library, which were absent in the posterior cell tag collection. Except tags from SP1 mRNA, no PSG specific tags were found in the same class of abundance. The analysis of MSG-specific different transcripts led to suggest that middle silk gland cell realizes more diversified functions as those already known, of synthesis and secretion of the silk sericins.
Project description:The silkworm, Bombyx mori, is a complete metamorphosis insect and an economically important for silk production, the model to study insect physiology and biochemistry. Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) is a principal pathogen of the silkworm and its host range is restricted to silkworm larvae, requiring interaction with silkworm larvae to accomplish virus replication. Prothoracic glands (PGs) are a model for synthetic ecdysone with regulating insect growth and development. In this study, day-4 fifth instar silkworm larvae were infected by BmNPV, the wandering silkworms appeared in the infected groups were 12 hours earlier than that in the control groups, and the ecdysone titer in infected larvae was significantly higher than that of the control larvae. Then, we used RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to analyze silkworm PGs 48 h after BmNPV infection. The classifications of the 15 differential expression genes (DEGs) were mainly involved in the metabolic processes and pathways. The RT-qPCR results of the DEGs in the PGs of BmNPV-infected at 24, 48, and 72 h were generally consistent with the transcriptome data. The transcripts of BmTrypsin-1 and BmACSS3 were significantly increased from 24 to 72 h after BmNPV infection that they may be involved in the maturation process in the latter half of silkworm fifth instar larvae. These findings will help to address the interactions between BmNPV infection and host developmental response.